Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Business shared services model as a catalyst of cost reduction in East African Breweries Limited
(Future X Journal, 2023)The business shared services model (BSSM) seeks to integrate service delivery between the headquarters and subsidiaries for the general good. In this paper, the role of BSSM as a catalyst of cost reduction in a ... -
Two Sample Approaches to Regression Calibration for Measurement Error Correction
(International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications, 2023)The goal of this work is to create methods for enhancing measurement error using regression calibration as a strategy by combining two samples, thereby increasing the relative efficiency of linear regression models. ... -
Effect of Leverage on Social- Environmental Responsibilities Disclosures in Financial Reports of Kenyan Listed Firms
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023)The purpose of this study was to determine the effect leverage on social-environmental responsibilities disclosures in Annual financial reports of Kenyan listed firms. Descriptive research design was used and secondary ... -
Assessment of Shareholder Strategy – An Internal Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective on Organizational Commitment in Five-Star Hotels in Kenya
(Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting, 2023)In Kenya, Five-Star hotels are leading in employees’ turnover within the hotel industry at 68%. This surpasses the healthy turnover range (0-15%) and affect organizational performance through the high cost incurred to ... -
A comparison of two sample approaches to regression calibration for measurement error correction
(International Journal of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, 2023)This study compares ways for improving regression calibration. This is a method for combining two samples in order to reduce measurement error and improve the relative efficiency of linear regression models. Since two ... -
On regime-switching European option pricing
(Taylor and Francis, 2023)The concern of this article is to derive a regime switching model that can be utilized to price European call options for a financial market that exhibits structural changes with time. The model is formulated based on the ... -
Effect of Fundamental Firm Characteristics on Operational Efficiency of Microfinance Banks in Kenya
(International Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2022)This study seeks to examine the effect of fundamental firm characteristics on the operational efficiency of microfinance banks in Kenya. The independent variables were: firm size, liquidity, leverage, cash reserves and ... -
Changamoto Zinazowakumba Vijana katika Tamthilia ya Kitumbua Kimeingia Mchanga
(Jarida La Afrika Mashariki La Masomo Ya Kiswahili, 2022)Katika ulimwengu wa sasa, kuna mabadiliko chungu nzima yanayoshuhudiwa duniani yanasababishwa na masuala anuwai kama vile maendeleo ya kiteknolojia pamoja na utandarithi yanayoathiri pakubwa maisha ya vijana. Nchini Kenya, ... -
Weibull Distribution as the Choice Model for State-Specific Failure Rates in HIV/AIDS Progression
(Mathematics and Statistics, 2022)This study considered the problem of selecting the best single model for modeling state-specific failure rates in HIV/AIDS progression for patients on antiretroviral therapy with age and gender as risk factors using ... -
Bayesian Model Averaging in Modeling of State Specific Failure Rates in HIV/AIDS Progression
(Mathematics and Statistics, 2022)In modeling HIV/AIDS progression, we carried out a comprehensive investigation into the risk factors for state-specific-failure rates to identify the influential co-variates using Bayesian Model averaging method (BMA). BMA ... -
Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles, Sensing, Seizing, and Configuration Dynamic Capabilities in Kenyan Firms
(Journal of African Business, 2022)Leaders play a vital role in the development of dynamic capabilities. However, the effects of leadership styles on firms’ dynamic capabilities have not been fully explored, with relatively few studies examining the ... -
Predicting Employability of Congolese Information Technology Graduates Using Contextual Factors: Towards Sustainable Employability
(Sustainability, 2022)Predicting employability in an unstable developing country requires the use of contextual factors as predictors and a suitable machine learning model capable of generalization. This study has discovered that parental ... -
Modelling credit risk using system dynamics: The case of licensed credit reference bureaus in Kenya
(Computers and Informatics., 2023)Credit reference bureaus (CRBs) have been operational in Kenya for many years owing to the large number of borrowers who fail to repay their loans. However, regulating how credit risk will be quantified by these CRBs is ... -
The Corona Virus Pandemic: Was Africa Caught Flatfooted?
(International Journal of Development and Economic Sustainability, 2023)Despite an earlier warning about the occurrence of coronavirus in future, the world seems to have been caught by surprise. In particular, Africa did not appear to have the financial readiness to afford vaccines or ... -
Political Leadership and Regional Integration: A Case of the East African Community Common Market
(Research Gate, 2023)The East African Community (EAC) is a regional integration initiative of East African countries, including Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, South Sudan, Burundi, and Rwanda. The EAC is struggling ... -
Applying Data Mining in Graduates’ Employability
(International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 2023)Envisaging an adequate IT/IS solution that can mitigate the employability problems is imperative because nowadays there is a high rate of unemployed graduates. Thus, the main goal of this systematic literature review (SLR) ... -
Further Construction Of Balanced Arrays
(Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 2020)The relation between balanced arrays and two other combinatorial structures, namely, orthogonal arrays and transitive arrays is pointed out. We provide three new and simple but rather stringent methods of constructing ... -
Efficiency Factors For Linear Contrasts In Confounded Asymmetrical Factorial
(Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 2019)With reference to a confounded asymmetrical design for an factorial experiment, a very powerful tool for expressing factorial arrangements in a compact and convenient form has been given and also used in this paper in order ... -
Construction Of Some Balanced Asymmetrical Factorial Designs
(ICASTOR Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 2015)Two distinct methods of obtaining high efficiency balanced asymmetrical factorial designs that are resolvable have been discussed. One of these methods uses pseudofactors and factors of asymmetry while the other method ... -
Effect Of Intangible Resources On Firm’s Competitive Advantage In The Telecommunication Industry In Kenya
(International Academic Journal of Human Resource and Business Administration, 2023)The study sought to determine the effect of intangible resources on a firm’s competitive advantage in the telecommunications industry in Kenya. The specific objectives were to evaluate the influence of intellectual property, ...
